Subj : Re: Is (Redhat) Linux just a cheap version of Windows?
To   : comp.os.linux
From : RoyalHeart
Date : Fri Sep 03 2004 12:57 pm

Bruce Coryell wrote:

> I should point out here that Fedora Core is now the free/ open source 
> version of Red Hat, has all its functionality, including OO, and can be 
> obtained as cheap discs from various sources (e.g. cheapbytes.com).  I 
> actually like it better than Red Hat Enterprise Edition (which I've set 
> aside).  I also have Debian Woody on another machine, also a good 
> alternative to the commercial expensive distros (Red Hat, Mandrake, 
> Suse, etc).   The main difference between a cheap distro and a 
> commercial one is there is no telephone support with the cheap versions, 
> but I never use that anyway.

I looked at Fedora Core on Redhat's web site. I also looked at 
Distrowatch. However, having tried Redhat and Mandrake in the past, 
naturally I would consider them first.

I _had_ the books "SAMS Teach Yourself Linux In 24 Hours," "Redhat Linux 
Unleashed," and one on Mandrake Linux (the title of which I can't 
remember). They were in a box with the installation CDs (along with 
other [Windows] software CDs). This box mysteriously disappeared a 
couple of years ago. SIGH. I know, I can download and print all kinds of 
information on Linux (still have numerous HOWTOs in a three-ring binder, 
fortunately, that I printed out several years ago, along with the 
(then-current) ALSA documentation). I would greatly prefer the manual 
that comes with the packaged distro, however, as it tends to have 
information specific to that particular package (distro, version, 
included software, apps, sources, etc.) I'm not discounting "cheap 
discs" as you put it, but the above is my preference. (To each his/her 
own...)

LLL

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RoyalHeart

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